After hearing the news that the Japanese army in the Xinkou area was almost completely wiped out, the Japanese reinforcements heading south decisively chose to suspend the attack, leaving two regiments to take charge of the rear, while the rest of the troops quickly withdrew northward.
The movements of the Japanese army were clearly visible under the surveillance of our air force.
Lu Yixuan, together with Yang Jiuxiao, Qu Muchen and other generals who had gone north, made a summary and immediately made a decision to allocate troops from various ministries, concentrate ammunition and fuel, form a northward detachment, and quickly pursue the retreating Japanese troops. Others
The troops had one day to rest and recuperate, and then joined the pursuit of the Japanese army.
During this period, the 18th Group Army launched extensive operations behind enemy lines. The 120th Division regained Jingping, Pinglu County, and Ningwu County in northwest Shanxi, and captured Dongyulin, Mayi, and Daniudian on Tongpu Road.
They also attacked key points such as Ningwuguan and Yanmenguan, destroying a large number of bridges and railways; ambushing Japanese transport convoys four times at Xinzhuang in the south of Huairen, Heishitougou in the south of Yanmenguan, and Wangdongbao in the south of Yangmingbao.
, cutting off the Japanese rear supply line from Datong via Ningwuguan, Yanmenguan to Xinkou.
During this period, units of the 115th Division recaptured Hunyuan, Laiyuan, Guangling, Lingqiu, Yuxian, Quyang, Pingshan, Tangxian, Wanxian and other county towns in northeastern Shanxi, western Hebei, and Chabei areas.
They captured key points such as Pingxingguan and Zijingguan (the Japanese evacuated after the failure of the Pingxingguan operation). They intercepted, ambush and annihilated hundreds of Japanese transport troops at Xiaozhai in the northeastern area of Pingxingguan and at Fengjiagou between Guangling and Lingqiu.
They destroyed nearly a hundred cars and hundreds of horse-drawn carriages, and repeatedly attacked Japanese military stations and strongholds, cutting off the rear communication line from Zhangjiakou to Dai County.
With the 18th Army engaged in harassing operations and resolute resistance behind enemy lines, the Japanese army's retreat was not peaceful.
This command center was expanded on the basis of the original General Staff War Room. It is under the leadership of the General Staff during peacetime. Once it enters a state of war, it will be upgraded to the Strategic Command Center of the Supreme Command, Navy, Army and Air Force. The center has complete radio and communication systems.
There are huge electronic display screens and three real-life miniature sand table demonstration sites. Airship radars have been deployed to the coastal and central areas of South China to directly transmit information to the command center. After analysis and processing by large-scale electronic computers, it is directly sent to various locations via radio waves.
Department, the whole process will not take more than two minutes.
Hearing the news of the Japanese army's retreat, An Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In the Battle of Xinkou, the Japanese army lost nearly 100,000 troops and a large amount of strategic materials, and its air force suffered extremely heavy losses. Although Ishihara Kanji abandoned the Japanese army's usual practice of focusing on quality and despising quantity, and selected 80,000 soldiers across Japan.
Five thousand young people have entered large aviation schools such as Yichang and Simao Aviation Schools to study, but it will take a certain amount of time to become qualified. It is no longer realistic to launch a new attack in a short period of time.
And judging from the situation at hand, Ishihara Kanji repeatedly clamored at the base camp that once Tojo Hideki's attack on Shanxi failed against the will of the base camp, resulting in the loss of the empire's troops, he would not mind sending Tojo Hideki to the military
court, and then look for the relevant responsible persons.
During the Battle of Xinkou, the Japanese troops on the front line in Shijiazhuang were ready to move, but the Anjia Army's 35th Division, which was left behind at Niangziguan and Jingxingguan, gave the Japanese a blow. The large-caliber heavy artillery standing on the Xiongguan Pass bombarded them with one round.
The Japanese troops wiped out a brigade, and the terrifying minefields deployed by the Anjia Army caused nearly a regiment of Japanese troops to be "broken into pieces" before they even got into battle. The Japanese troops on the front line in Shijiazhuang were horrified and quickly retreated, strictly following the dispatches.
Warning signals were sent to the military headquarters and base camp, and the troops were stationed there.
"Now that the overall situation in Shanxi has been decided, the next step is to pursue and annihilate. It would be gratifying to be able to keep a few more Japs, especially the Japs' generals and assistant officers, but it doesn't matter even if they escape. Our strategic intention is to ensure supplies.
The inconvenient security of North China prevents major changes in the war situation. Our fundamental interests now still lie in South China, Mongolia, and Central Asia."
An Yi stood between two huge sand tables on the left and right, representing North China and Kazakhstan, and explained his next plan in detail:
"Especially in Central Asia, the war situation has now undergone an unexpected change. The Soviets took the initiative to abandon the battlefields on the western and central fronts, and transferred almost all their troops to the northeastern region of Kazakhstan, waiting for opportunities to find the main force of our army to fight. Although in our
Under the monitoring of Air Force reconnaissance aircraft and airship radars, we can control the general mobilization of its troops, but the local battle situation requires our commanders to make on-the-spot decisions.
"I have authorized Hu Jiyang and Xiao Wu to make their own decisions based on the actual changes on the battlefield. Otherwise, if we stay away from the battlefield and command blindly from reality, we will make empiricist mistakes."
Huang Zhi nodded: "The terrain in Central Asia is complex, with plateaus, hills, grasslands, mountains and deserts crisscrossing each other. When it comes to the Aral Sea and Caspian Sea in the west, there are a large number of lowland terrains below sea level. It can be said that the conditions are extremely difficult and
The situation is far beyond what we in Nanhua can imagine. It is indeed a determination that must be made to allow the generals below to use their subjective initiative according to the actual situation."
At this time, Du Yi and Liu Qing walked into the command center one after another. An Yi knew at a glance that he had something important to report, so he took them to the small living room of the war room, sat down and asked:
"Tell me, what did you find out?"
Liu Qinghui reported: "Those who know about our march into Central Asia include the main generals of the group armies in southern Sichuan, southern Yunnan, Nanhua and Mongolia, the front armies and military regions, as well as the cadres of the Armed Police Force of the People's Liberation Army and the *** Brigade of the General Political Department.
We can analyze the direction of our march through the mobilization of personnel and materials. In addition, the Lu Yixuan Department in Shanxi and the Xianlu Department in Northeast Korea have to cooperate with our Central Asian operations on the two battlefields, and their intelligence also has a copy of the backup copy.
, calculated in this way, the people involved include radio personnel, confidential personnel and generals in the communications department, a total of 1,842 people.
"It seems that with such a large base, the problem is not small, but after detailed analysis by our General Staff and General Administration, the possibility of problems with these people is minimal. We have a strict political review system, and almost all senior personnel and key technical departments have
The personnel and identities have been reviewed repeatedly, and they are still under strict supervision. Of course, this is not a distrust of our comrades, but proper supervision, which can prompt our cadres to act as national liberation fighters at all times.
Come and demand yourself and urge them not to be dazzled by power and money."
Du Yi continued what Liu Qing said: "Our national security department has been monitoring the radio waves in southern Sichuan, western Hunan, western Guizhou, southern Yunnan and Nanhua. Now it has expanded the monitoring to the entire Mongolia, but so far, no abnormalities have been found. Therefore,
I also think that the problem of internal leaks is unlikely. To take the intelligence out of our control area in a short period of time and then send it to the Soviet Union in a timely manner is a workload that ordinary people cannot imagine.
"After research with the Intelligence Department of the General Staff, we agreed that the situation should still be with the Far East Republic. After all, there are clues about the mobilization of railway vehicles, the cooperation of relevant troops, and the supply of supplies. Therefore, we consulted with the Intelligence Department of the General Staff
Later, I thought that this kind of supervision can continue, but it does not need to be a military force, which will greatly hurt the feelings between our comrades."
An Yi nodded happily: "It's good if it's confirmed. This will save us a knot in our hearts. You are professionals, and your conclusion can bring this matter to a temporary end. However, the so-called prevention of subtle changes, you have to
Keep a file on this matter. How careful you are. If you have similar suspicions in the future, you can take it out and proofread it to see what has not been taken into account. Our intelligence work can neither wrongly accuse a good person nor wrongly accuse a good person.
To let a bad person go, everything must be based on facts."
After Du Yi and Liu Qing recorded An Yi's request, Du Yi told An Yi the news: "Chairman, Huang Han has been appointed as the commander of the Gansu-Qingning Military Region by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Li Xiaolong has been appointed as the political commissar of the military region...
Li Xiaolong recently arrived in Syria with our convoy carrying oil. He quietly contacted us and opened a large purchase list, which was completely paid for with the oil revenue from the Yanqing Oilfield. At the same time, he also asked us to release Shi Pufang...
.It wasn’t until this morning that our insiders reported back the decision of the CCP’s top brass, and we learned that Huang Han had come back again, and that he had been given a big official title!”
An Yi was slightly surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, it made sense.
After all, Huang Han led more than 17,000 Red Army soldiers to join the Central Committee at a critical moment, which greatly enriched the strength of the Central Red Army, making the subsequent Long March and the situation after arriving in northern Shaanxi much better than the original history. In this way
It would be too ruthless to leave a general with outstanding merits unused, and I believe that after such a long period of testing, Huang Han should have passed the inspection of the organization and will be promoted in the future.
"There should be no problem for Shi Pufang to follow Huang Han and Li Xiaolong. We cannot protect a person for a lifetime. He has to walk his own path in the future... Let Shi Pufang and Li Xiaolong leave.
I won’t go back to meet them. In recent years, my reputation as a big capitalist and warlord has become more and more famous, so as not to embarrass each other when we meet... The things are sold as they are, anyway, they use hard materials like oil.
If we exchange the currency with us, we won’t lose anything!”
After An Yi warned Du Yi, he said to the two of them: "Your Ministry of National Security and the Intelligence Department of the General Staff should pay more attention to the situation in the northwest. It is not easy for Huang Han to be appointed this time. There must be deep-seated strategic and political intentions. I don't
I hope that when everything happens, you will still be unaware of it."
"yes!"
After Du Yi and Liu Qing finished answering, they turned and left with serious expressions.
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While the Battle of Xinkou was going on, the war in Central Asia was also in full swing.
On the way to Ust-Kamen, some Soviet troops who faced our mechanized troops obviously did not understand the performance of the tanks equipped by our army and thought that the armor of the tanks was just camouflage made of tin plates.
It was used to bluff people, so the Soviet cavalry, inspired by the Soviet heroic deeds represented by Budyonny in the popular movie "First Cavalry Army" (1935 version) in the mid-1930s, swarmed forward.
, using the sabers and spears in their hands to launch a fierce attack on our tanks, the result was naturally tragic.
A Soviet artillery regiment was moving from Kokpeket in East Kazakhstan Province towards Ust-Kamen. On the way, it was attacked by a tank company of the 18th Tank Battalion of the 6th Tank Brigade of the 2nd Mechanized Army led by Major General Jin Ge.
During the pursuit, only two Soviet guns had a chance to fire. Their infantry suffered heavy casualties under the fire of tank shaft machine guns. Most of them were captured during the retreat, and the rest were completely annihilated.